Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-30
Uncle Ed actually bought
a carload Of new goods on
his trip East this month.

- Ne@A ACeNNA VI 49, t0CCNt~ III
his trip East this month.
f. B. Peck came up from Hazelton
last night.
Stoves at cost mean business when
Morris Bros, say so. 81
Winter wheat and rye never looked
better in Barber county.
Fresh fish and fresh oysters regular
ly at the Central market. II
Don't hold the door open and talk,
bit come i'll or 90 out, and shut the
door.
For sale-cheap. a good 2-seat spring
wagon and set of double harness. This
Office.
Save from one to ten dollars on a
stove. Morris Bros. are selling stoves
at cost. q
The rain and snow of last week did
some good, but more rain would be ac-
ceptable.
Landlord Brannan treated his board
ers to thirty-eight pounds of thanksgiv
ing turkey.
The finest stock of confectionery and
fancy groceries ever brought to this city
is now open at Youngs. %
y stray bull, branded ID may be
found at ,. X. W. Fields. north of
Medicine Lodge two miles.
For tender steak, juicy roast, or
any kind of smoked meat, fresh and
good, see Marquand, next door to the
pOstOllice. 2l
If good vein of coal. or a supply of
gas or petroleum should be discovered
near this city, it would double our pop
ulatiOn and treble our wealth.
See Dickerson, at Murphey's harness
shop, for leather chest protectors, cuffs,
collars, hat bands and ladies' belts. a
hundred designs and all pretty. %
w. L. Rouse, his brother-in-law, Mr..
Saunders and their friend Mr.. Moran,
returned Monday from their Territory
hunt. They killed three deer and ten
turkeys.
Old Santa Claus is coming, and has
fine lot of nice things he intends CIV
ing the good children of this town. The
INDEX has a letter from him, and we
know he will be here on time.
Full Weight is the name of that
excellent cigar that had such a run a
few months ago. We have another in
voice of 10000. Standlford, Youmans
81 Eldred. 26
At the l.. 5. McEiwain sale, near
Deerhead, on the 22d inst, the follow
ing were the representative sales: Year
ling steers Sl4.50: yearling heIfers, Sl3;
two-year-old heifers, ST.. %; cows S17.75.
Considering the season. the prices were
good as could have been expacted.
a creditable newspaper does more to
build up new town or county than any
other agency that can be employed. We
publish such paper. Are you doing
your duty toward sustaining and cir
culatng the paper? Are YOU not stand
ing i'll your own light by not doing so?
Sun City Union: The Sun City min
eral company are actively at work on
Tia, n coal prospecting shaft. Every
c. e points to the discovery of precious
mheral in the near future. The party
i: barge of the operations is practi-
cal miner and engineer, of thirty years
experience. and is confident. that coal
will he reached i'm reasonable distance.
The work is carried on night and day,
and will be continued indefinitely. Coal
mine stock is approaching in price rap.
idly"
y blizzard came bowling down from
the north last Saturday, and the Their
mometer went into Its hole to hide
that is, the mercury went down, down,
down, till just little stem could be
seen. We had heard the old story of
the farmer putting ten gallons of cider
into an eight gallon keg, and as we did
not want our thermometer strained, we
/ brought il in the house. Persons who
/ left thermometers out in the weather
say they marked five points below zero,
but those men who had left overcoats
with their Uncle Pawn. say it was at
least ten degrees colder. The wind
was quite strong. and altogether it was
had spell for man or beast.
y donation party, 'ui 'O''S
night, took Rev. and Mrs. Sall,.''''
completely 10y surprise A crowd of
seventy or eighty persons met at seven
O'Clock. at Higgins furniture store, and
marched to the Methodist parsonage.
The family bad not the least inkling of
anything of the sort. The crowd soon
had possession, and proceeded to de-
posit their donations in the kitchen,
and then went to the parlOr to congrat-
ulate the family. and wish them all the
good things imaginable. Mr.. McElroy
made short and feeling presentation
speech, on behalf of the crowd, and il
wasfeellngly responded to by Mr.. San
derson, who was surprised but not dis
concerted. Only a few weeks ago Mr..
SandersOn had been spokesman at the
surprise party which visited Mr.. Nc
ElrOy, and now Mr.. McElrOy seemed
proud to get even with him. 1t was soon
discovered that not more than half the
crowd could get into the house. and it
was agreed to adjourn to the church.
In less time than it takes to tell it, a
rOusing fire was made. the lamps light
ed, and the crowd filed in. Others kept
! coming till about one hundred and
twenty-five persons were present. Each
one seemed determined to be merry. and
to make others so. a more social
crowd was never gathered in a church
in this city. 1t was composed OF mem
bers of all churches, and number of